Improvement in carriage-seats



WITNESSES; 7 v [iNVENTQL monum UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIon.

JOHN A. ALTHOUSE, OF NEW HARMONY, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,797, dated January 27, 1874; application filed October 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN A. ALTHoUsE, of New Harmony, in the county of Posey and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable agon- Seats, of which the following is a specification . This invention relates to the construction of seats for wagons; and consists in making the spondin g parts.

A is the seat, consisting of the seat proper B, which may be a piece of board or plank of suitable length and width, two springs, (J 0, one or more slotted adjusting-plates, I), two (clamping-blocks or bed-pieces, E E, and clamping screw-hooks F F. The bed-pieces E E are rabbeted, so that when they rest upon the top edges of the wagon-box the joints are covered by flanges G G. The sprin gs are made of sheet steel, of suitable width and thickness, bent to the form seen in Fig. 2, the ends being brought to a position parallel with seat B. The top parts of the springs are straight, and attached to the adjustin g-pla-tes by bolts or rivets. The

B by screws or bolts, which pass through the slots H H. These slots allow -the plates, springs, &c., to be moved outward or inward, as maybe required, for adapting the seat to wagon-boxes of any ordinary width. The ends of the springs are attached to thebed-pieces E E, and the latter, as before stated, rest upon the edges of the side boards of the wagon-box. The clamping screwhooks F F pass through the bed-pieces and hook onto the inner sides of the side boards, and are tightened thereto by means of the lever-nuts I l on the outside.

These seats being adapted to boxes of all widths, are an article complete in themselves,

and may be manufactured and kept on hand for sale by wagon-makers or others.

The seat may be made with one end only adjustable, butI prefer the arrangement shown, as the seat appears more symmetrical when both ends are made adjustable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat cut- An adjustable wagon-seat, comprising the seat-board B, laterallyadjustable plates 1), springs U, and bed-pieces E E, combined sub stantially as shown and described.

JOHN A. ALTHOUSE.

Witnesses LOUIS F. RUcI-ITI, l). ALTHOUSE.

adjustingplates D D are attached to the seat 

